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Drew Carey
Drew Allison Carey is an American comedian, game show host, and actor.
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entertainment · American comedian (born 1958) · comedian · television actor · film actor · game show host · voice actor · screenwriter · sports executive · actor · also Drew Carey, Carey
Born 23 May 1958 · Q357402
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2026· 2 entries
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2025· 9 entries
“Happy Pride Month everyone! 🏳️🌈”
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“Men are pretty easy to figure out if you ask me.”
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“Don’t forget to get a Real ID because like the Bible says, no one can buy or sell without the mark of the beast. 🤘🏻”
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“Did you know ChatGPT can draw a cartoon for you?”
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“Lot of disgruntled people around this guy, I noticed”
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“Merry Christmas everybody 🎄🎅🏻”
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“Outrageous tbh. The US government is flat out DISAPPEARING people that don’t look right to them. No charges. No judges or court. no hearing. no due process. Nothing. Won’t even release names to the public. Shameful. Who’s next? What’s to stop the next president after Trump? This shit HAS to stop”
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“If you’re white and wiped your shit on the Capitol walls, you’re Trump’s hero. If you’re white and swindled $10’s of millions Trump will pardon you if you pay him. If you’re a (white) racist drunk, welcome to the Cabinet! But if you’re brown, legal, and have a tattoo… www.latimes.com/world-nation...”
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“🚨 EXCLUSIVE 🚨 Scintillating behind-the-scenes text exchange between me and the director of #TPIR”
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2023· 3 entries
Carey hosted a one-hour special commemorating Barker's life and career
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It was announced that Carey would be featured in an upcoming four-episode documentary by ABC News titled The Game Show Show, covering the history of game shows in America over the last eight decades
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Carey experimented with an artificial clone of his voice on his "The Friday Night Freak Out" Underground Garage radio show, using a beta version of ElevenLabs and ChatGPT-generated jokes
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2022· 3 entries
Snopes.com rated the claim “"The Price Is Right" is ending after host Drew Carey endorsed keto diet pills on "The Ellen DeGeneres Show."” False.
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Carey celebrated his fifteenth anniversary as host of the show
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(as co-owner of the Seattle Sounders FC)
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2021· 1 entry
Carey participated in Celebrity Wheel of Fortune alongside Teri Hatcher and Chrissy Metz
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2020· 2 entries
Harwick was found dead in a Hollywood Hills neighborhood and her ex-boyfriend, Gareth Pursehouse, was arrested and subsequently convicted of her murder
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Carey appeared as a contestant in season three of The Masked Singer as "Llama" where the costume had a centaur-like build to it
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2019· 1 entry
Snopes rated the claim “Drew Carey appeared on Fox News wearing a MAGA hat and an "Off The Wall" suit.” False.
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2018· 1 entry
Carey appeared in an episode of NCIS as a retired Marine
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2016· 1 entry
Supported Libertarian Party presidential candidate Gary Johnson in his run for office, and was made an Honorary Chair of the campaign for California
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2014· 1 entry
It was announced on Good Morning America that Carey would compete on the season 18 of Dancing with the Stars
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2011· 5 entries
Carey finished the Marine Corps Marathon with a chip time of 4:37:11, placing 10,149th out of 20,940
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Awarded WWE Hall of Fame (2011).
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Carey completed the Marine Corps Historic Half Marathon in 1:57:02; then, on September 4, 2011, he completed the Disneyland Half Marathon in 1:50:46
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Carey was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame by Kane
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Carey began hosting a primetime improv show, called Drew Carey's Improv-A-Ganza
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2010· 2 entries
And lost considerable weight, which he also claimed had cured his Type 2 diabetes
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Although his weight was a comedic topic throughout his sitcom and improv shows, Carey began a diet and exercise plan in 2010 and lost considerable weight, which he also claimed had cured his Type 2 diabetes.
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2007· 2 entries
And his shows began airing on October 15, 2007
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Carey began hosting game shows, beginning with his April selection as host of the CBS game show pilot Power of 10
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2006· 2 entries
Drew Carey's Sporting Adventures debuted on the Travel Channel
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(it returned with host Aisha Tyler in 2013)
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2005· 1 entry
Carey appeared in three films: the animated film Robots where he provided a voice-over for the character Crank; The Aristocrats where he retold a dirty joke along with other celebrities; and the documentary Fuck where he
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2003· 2 entries
Awarded star on Hollywood Walk of Fame (2003).
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Joined Jamie Kennedy to host the WB's live special Play for a Billion
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2001· 3 entries
Carey entered as Vince McMahon's guest entrant in the Royal Rumble match
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After suffering chest pains while filming The Drew Carey Show in August 2001, Carey underwent a coronary angioplasty.
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Carey was the first television actor to enter World Wrestling Federation's 30-man "Royal Rumble" match, which he did to promote an improv comedy pay-per-view at the time
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2000· 3 entries
Awarded People's Choice Awards (2000).
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In a celebrity edition of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire, Carey selected the Ohio Library Foundation to receive his $500,000 winnings
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Carey was given a cameo appearance in the House Party expansion pack of the computer game The Sims
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1999· 2 entries
Awarded TV Guide Award (1999).
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Was part of the pregame ceremonies at the first game of the return of the Browns, televised on ESPN
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1998· 4 entries
Awarded Satellite Award for Best Actor – Television Series Musical or Comedy for The Drew Carey Show (1998).
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“If your person doesn’t get enough votes, you lose. I don’t want to hear it. There are more than two choices and you are allowed to vote for whoever you want. This is America. If you can’t get the votes to win, tough shit.”
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Led a "smoke-in" in defiance of California's newly passed no-smoking ordinance inside bars and restaurants
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The New York Friars' Club made Carey the newest inductee of the group's Comedy Central Roast
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1997· 1 entry
Carey published his autobiography, Dirty Jokes and Beer: Stories of the Unrefined, wherein he shared memories of his early childhood and of his father's death when he was eight
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1994· 3 entries
Awarded CableACE Award (1994).
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Carey wrote his own stand-up comedy special, Drew Carey: Human Cartoon, which aired on Showtime and won a CableACE Award for Best Writing
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Co-starred with John Caponera in The Good Life, a short-lived sitcom on NBC
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1993· 1 entry
Carey had a small role in the film Coneheads as a taxi passenger
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1985· 1 entry
Carey began his comedy career by following a suggestion by David Lawrence (a disc jockey friend who had been paying Carey to write jokes for Lawrence's radio show in Cleveland) to go to the library and check out books on
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1983· 1 entry
And for a short time worked as a bank teller and a waiter at Denny's
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1980· 1 entry
And served for six years as a field radio operator in the 25th Marine Regiment in Ohio
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1958· 2 entries
Born 1958-05-23.
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To Lewis Carey and Beulah (née Neal)
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